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A. M. KIRKWOOD.

Wfiting Pen;

No. 242,937. I Patented June14,|881.

1mg; 6 w;

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER M. KIRKW'OOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MABIE, TODD 8Z7 BAED, OF SAME PLACE.

WRITING-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,937, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed March 30, 1881. (Model) To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. KIRK- WOOD, ot' the city and county of New York, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Writing-Pen, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a pen which may be conveniently used for fine writing, and which, by slightly turning the holder axially, may be conveniently used for coarser writing.

The invention consists in a pen havingnibs of unequal width and having the under side of the wider nib beveled from the slit upward and outward toward the upper side thereof. This beveling of the wider nib gives the end thereof an approximately triangular shape, and if the pen is held squarely in the usual way the writing will be done by the narrow nib and the angular point of the wider nib, and will therefore be fine,while if the pen-h0lder be slightly turned axially the writing will be done by the side of the triangular end of the wider nib, which is formed by the termination of the beveled edge of the nib, and will therefore be much coarser.

In the accom an in drawin s Fi ure 1- bly wider and heavier. The nib a is not dif- 4o ferent in form from the nibs of pens in common use. The wider nib a has its under side beveled at a from the slit 0 upward and outward toward the upper side of the pen. It will be seen that by the beveled edge or side 5 a the end of the nib a is given a triangular shape or form, and the pen is capable, while bearin g on the paper, of being rocked or turned laterally upon the angular point a. of the wider nib a. When the pen is held squarely the narrow nib a and the adjacent point a of the wider nib a rest upon the paper, and when thus held the pen will produce fine writing. If, however, it is desired to write coarse, all that is necessary'is to turn the pen-holder slightly, so

that the side of the triangular point of the nib a will bear upon the paper, and therebyhave a broad contact with the paper and write coarsely.

I am aware that pens have been before made with nibs of unequal width, and I am also aware that pens have been made with one nib broad and beveled backward, and therefore I do not claim a pen with one nib wider than the other; nor do I claim, broadly, a pen with a beveled nib; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 'A pen having two nibs of unequal width, and having the under side of the wider nib 7o beveled upward and outward from the slit toward the upper surface of the pen, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

A. M. KIRKWOOD.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNES, A. O. WEBB. 

